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Cargo Cults (English: Cargo Cults) is a general term for religious and social movements observed primarily in Southwest Papua, especially in Melanesia (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia), in which indigenous peoples expected their ancestors or supernatural powers to bring them industrial goods of Western origin, known as “cargo.” These movements emerged as a result of sudden and traumatic encounters with Western technology and wealth during the colonial process a